Post by Flame on Feb 25, 2018 18:49:01 GMT -5
Jaq Bokier
"Shirts? I only wear them on occasion." - Jaq
{Character Information}
Surname: Bokier
Given Name: Jaq
Nickname/s: "Roaring Lion"
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 25
Birthday: 3/22, March 22nd
Home Region: Illusia Kingdom, West Blue
Occupation: Shipwright, Boxer
Bounty: None
Jolly Roger:
{Appearance & Personality}
-Personality Traits-
Alignment: A Manly Chaotic Neutral
ManlyJaq is a manly S.O.B.. With full confidence he exudes what many might call a manly bravado. Valuing strength, muscle, and power he moves brashly forward in everything he does. He will often be found calling out people to fight him mano-a-mano as is the true way. In this he's also a bit of a showman, he likes to show off and look good doing so. So he flexes, he grunts, and often does things the way he sees best without listening to others. To him one should just leave the man's job to a man. So yes he's a bit of a chauvinist.
A Man's HonorAlongside with his own perceived manliness he holds himself to 'A Man's Code of Honor'. This means he'll often be much nicer to females than their male counterparts. It also means that he never backs down from a challenge made to him, he takes bets, and goes in for that which he believes in. Jaq firmly believes in fighting one-on-one, its the truest form of victory for him. He wants no help even if he needs it. He'd prefer to fight one vs. ten then two vs. ten, because he wants no excuses from his opponent for why he won.
ShirtlessJaq has a perennial dislike of wearing shirts. He has them, he owns them, he even wears them on occasion but he definitely prefers to have his upper body out and about for anyone to see. If you are often about Jaq just accept that you'll likely see a lot of his torso and his 'guns' so to speak.
HeadstrongJaq is stubbornly firm in believing in what he sees in himself. The roaring lion, the symbol of manliness, all that. Once he's set on doing something it is nearly impossible to turn him from the path and the decisions he sees that'll get him there. He's very set in finding his own path to his own end.
Straight ForwardJaq is pretty easy to understand for the most part. He thinks in very much point A to point B kind of logic. There aren't likely to be any tricks and bamboozles in what he's trying to do. If he says something to use he likely means it to some extent partial or fully. He does understand taking small detours, such as using a door rather than bulling his way through a wall. But for the most part he wants to do things that visibly progress him towards his goals.
FieryJaq is exuberant and energetic. He talks, moves and is very heated in all the things that he does. This is often considered why he's able to go shirtless in many climates that people can't seem to understand. He is the fire, the energy, doing things with brash dynamism. This can make him quite fun to be around as he's a bit of a fool at times as well.
Funny?Jaq is a bit of a joker when he's not trying to exude his manly glory over everyone. He likes to make jokes to lighten the atmosphere when it gets down. Though sometimes, or often they lack the tact that one needs to properly joke in those times.
Virtues: Fiery, Shirtless, Confident
Vices: Dumb, Shirtless, Stubborn
Fears: Loss of Purpose
-Physical Traits / Appearance-
Height: 6'5"" or 196 cm
Build: Medium Build
Eye Color: Red Eyes
Hair Style: Spikey Blonde Hair
Ethnicity: Italian
AppearanceJaq is very physically fit, he's spent a lot of time training his upper body, both to be strong but also to be at times nimble enough to dodge away from attacks. So while he isn't one to dodge an attack he's definitely thin enough that he can dodge if he wanted to. His body is toned, not outrageously filled with muscles as some boxers can be. His limbs are neither thick nor sticks, and overall when clothed he can look fairly normal all things considered. Due to a grand amount of not wearing shirts Jaq's skin tone is the same slightly dark tone across basically all of his upper body. As is often easy to notice, Jaq has many tattoos that go across his arms mostly patterned with fire.
Jaq has spiky dirty-blonde hair that extends out from his head in an almost afro like manner. It hangs out enough in front of his face to provide a little shade to his eyes. Those fierce red eyes that often embody the manly fire that burns in Jaq as they flicker with burning light. In terms of clothing, Jaq can almost always be found wearing jeans of some sort. Even when they are shorts they have the same denim material. When it comes to shirts, the norm is that he doesn't wear them. But when he does, he wears often fairly skin tight very thin shirts that show off his chest in their own way. He also owns a large red cloak which he dons every now and then. It is a holdover from his boxing days.
Jaq when caught in the wild moves with manly vigor. It is easy to tell it is him because of the confidence that he takes with each step. His chest thrust out and bared to the world. It is not improbable to look at Jaq and think there's a fire burning around him though no such visual actually exists.
{Character Story}
Total X-Poinz: 300
Used X-Poinz: 300{ See Full Breakdown}
Full Breakdown300 Kiji Kiji no Mi | E-Rank Special Paramecia DF FiSt(150) Free X-Poinz | 50 Used
-50 R1 | Kneading
- 0 R1V | Kneading Quadrants
-My Voyages-{Starting XPoinz}
Starting XPoinz
+ 300 X-Poinz
{Skills and Combat Abilities}
-Inventory-
Nails, Hammer, and SawJaq's tools of the trade so to speak, he uses them for his shipwright work.
Boxing GlovesJaq's old pair of boxing gloves, they are worn out and haven't seen use for a while but he keeps them around as a memento of what he considers his first glory days.-Skills-
Non-Combat Skills
ShipwrightJaq is a good shipwright. His specialty unlike many aspiring shipwrights is in repair and refitting ships with upgrades and the like. While he can build a ship from scratch he doesn't prefer that sort of work. He likes taking what once was and improving it until it is better than it was before. He grants them new life and empowers them with the fire of manliness!
MasseurJaq is not a bad masseur, but he's not a good masseur so to speak. With no professional training his massages tend to include a lot of him slamming his fists into your back asking whether you feel better yet. While he'll tell you he does it well, he often won't stop until you answer yes to the question.
CookingJaq cooks thing with fire. Flambe, burnt whatever he just finds the idea of lighting a fire beneath his pan and frying rice while half naked to be very enticing. So he does it very often, his food is often over seasoned and a little too burnt, but sometimes just sometimes it can taste half okay!
Combat Skills
Heart of a Man - Human Trait #1Jaq's heart burns with the fire of manliness. This causes him to walk around shirtless in almost all conditions. The burning heart warms his body allowing him to survive abnormally cold environments in relative ease. One might say his manliness makes him cold resistant! Though some might say that's just him being an idiot.
Inhuman Toughness - Human Trait #2Jaq has been in many a fight. Though most of them were from his boxing days, many are also from after that when he's gotten into sparring matches with random people. His body is used to taking punishment and has grown hardened from it. Jaq is able to shrug off attacks with relative ease that might drop a normal man to his knees.
Dough Man - Devil Fruit TraitJaq having eaten the Kiji Kiji no mi is a dough man. The special paramecia allows him to become dough which he can control and manipulate. His dough is thick and malleable, sticky, and elastic depending on a multitude of factors. When a part of his body is heated enough it can then turn into bread which while divesting Jaq of his immunity to damage empowers him with tough crusty armor used for bashing his enemies through.-Fighting Styles-
Kiji Kiji no Mi
E-Rank Special Paramecia FiSt300 X-Poinz (150 X-Poinz)
The Kiji Kiji no Mi allows Jaq to turn into and create dough which he can then control and manipulate for his own means. When becoming dough Jaq is basically immune to physical attacks, he can be cut, bludgeoned, whatever and it will not affect his dough composition in the slightest. Making use of the thickness of dough he wields it much like a blunt fist attacking people with the weighty material. In the end he just fits it into his original fighting style to support him in combat.
Jaq was originally a kickboxer, who went pro boxing. Which means though he uses his kicks much less than punches he does use both while fighting. While fairly nimble and he could dodge attacks if he wanted to Jaq rarely does actually dodge attacks. As a boxer he was known for his ability to outlast his opponents in prolonged punching battles. As a puncher while he can hit hard he is more used to raining attacks upon his opponents and that is perhaps where he is most potent.
Weaknesses
- General DF Weaknesses
- As dough or when baked Jaq becomes edible which can be annoying at times.
- In dough form as Jaq dries out he lose his immunity to damage in general and attacks that hit him begin to be able to hurt him through the dough form.
- In dough form if Jaq overhydrates he often can become too sticky and find it hard to unstick from things.
- In bread form if Jaq's crust gets too wet it will lose the hardness that the bread crust affords him.
Aspects
TechniquesKneading
Rank 1 Technique - 50 X-Poinz (F)Turning an arm into dough he punches forward with it to maul his opponent with a blob of thick dough.
Kneading Quadrants
Rank 1 Variation - 0 X-Poinz (F)
Variation - KneadingJaq turns his arm into dough increasing its size by creating more dough before splitting it into four arms. The four arms punch forward at the same time slamming into his enemy with four
{Character Relations}
-Family-Iberio Familia - Mafia Family - Jaq's family so to speak is an extension of his core family the Bokiers to the Iberio Familia. He grew up as part of the group and maintains warm feelings for many of the members of the familia though he's not seen any of them in many a long year. They will always be his 'familia'.-Friends-None Yet
-Foes-None Yet
{History}
Youth (0-13)Jaq grew up as part of a minor mafia family working out of Barbada Town in the Illusia Kingdom. For most of his childhood he spent it growing up with the other children of the familia, he spent a lot of time about them especially the other boys. As boys often are they were rowdy getting themselves into a lot of messes and trouble and often fighting with each other sparring with fists and feet.
As he grew older he found other interests as well. The first was found when he began working for the Iberio Familia at their shipyards. As a kid he didn't have much in terms of duties but he often helped some of the older shipwrights as they tinkered with designs for ships. He aided them by grabbing supplies and what not for them and sometimes due to his youth and more nimble fingers helped with some finer detail work when the older ones could not fit or keep their hands steady enough for the work they needed to do.
But for Jaq his main love would be found through his father, the quintessential hero of his youth. His father was a former boxer and still known to be one of the strongest hand-to-hand fighters in the Familia. When at times they would have showmatches Jaq was infatuated with his father as he fought in the ring against other members of the familia. Often his father would find him practicing his punches at a punching bag in their home gym. It was his father who also instilled in him this feeling of needing to be manly through and through.
Boxing Training (14-17)After a fair amount of badgering by Jaq his father finally allowed Jaq to join the gym that he worked out. There he was paired up with a trainer who began to teach Jaq boxing. Ever the stubborn and headstrong child worked extremely hard on his boxing. He learned quickly and practiced long hours both in boxing, endurance, and strength training. Even he recognized he could not just improve one of these but the combination of the three which would make him a great kickboxer.
Alongside this training Jaq also gained a slightly larger role in the Iberio Shipyards. There he continued to improve his ship repair prowess as he took on a few more roles to help those who worked there. From them he learned many small things that helped especially in upkeeping ships to make sure that they didn't end up falling apart too quickly. As a minor mafia in the West Blue they couldn't afford to constantly replace their ships so learning to repair and refit them was a highly touted skill in their shipyard.
After two years of hard work Jaq had become a competent boxer. While he was nowhere good enough to go toe to toe with his father or any of the big names at his gym he began to spar regularly with some of the other members of the gym and take a good number of wins against them. He continued to do this most of the year until finally the gym manager decided he was good enough to compete in the boxing circuit the mafia families of the West Blue held.
Mafia Boxing Circuit (18-19)When Jaq joined the circuit he started to travel often. Since he wasn't the most proficient or practiced boxer alongside him not being able to use his kicks he did not start off very well. Going from island to island he had a less than forty percent win rate at the start often getting overwhelmed by bigger and stronger opponents. But his drive was not to be matched and after each loss he trained and practiced harder and harder.
Finally his chance came when he was invited to a Newcomer's Competition for all the boxers who had joined in the last year. The prize was to be sent to practice with some of the greatest boxers in the world, the Longarm Tribe. Jaq entered the competition almost immediately and started out well taking easy victories in the first and second round. But then he was knocked into the loser's bracket in the third round. In an epic underdog story he fought his way up the loser's bracket to rematch against his defeater in the finale. His final victory was his cleanest as in one hit he knocked his enemy off his feet from which he didn't come back up. Stepping on his former opponent Jaq proudly claimed his prize at the top!
Kenzan Island (19-23)Jaq's trip to Kenzan Island was fairly uneventful given that it was a trip into the Grand Line. Then his training at Kenzan was harsher than ever before. Not being a longarm gave him a severe disadvantage in matches with them. He couldn't generate the power that they could so he took the approach of learning to withstand it. He spent many sparring matches taking hits that he didn't have to, with each he hardened his body more and more to protect himself against their empowered arms.
With time he managed to find his footing on Kenzan as well, making a name for himself as "the Roaring Lion of the West". Mostly for the energy and yelling he put out during his fights in combination with his 'mane' of hair atop his head. His fights were known for being ones of attrition where he wore his enemies out with an endless reel of punches while absorbing theirs.
With this strategy upon him Jaq managed to find moderate success on Kenzan Island. However fate befell him when during a pirate attack on the island Jaq came into contact with a strangely colored fruit on the pirate's ship. Out of curiosity Jaq tried the fruit gaining the powers that were imbued inside it. While he went back to his normal life from there he quickly found that he had more and more success in fights, being able to sustain himself much longer. However once it was found out that Jaq had devil fruit powers all his work was thrown aside and he was forced to leave the Boxing Circuits of Kenzan Island due to this power that he could no more get rid of if he wanted to.
Coast Nostra (24-Present)From Kenzan Island Jaq started to look for work finally finding a small shipwright shop on Coast Nostra that he ended up joining. Since he was unable to be a boxer on the big stage he took to his second hobby of being a shipwright. There he has been ever since improving his somewhat waned skills. He can be sometimes being found fighting in underground fight rings where he can make use of his boxing and kickboxing skills.
